The remains of recently identified Greek soldiers who fought in Cyprus against invading Turkish troops nearly a half-century ago have been returned to their families.
A procession of soldiers holding the small Cypriot and Greek flag-draped coffins of Greek soldiers whose remains were recently identified, passes the entrance of Ayios Panteleimonas Orthodox Church in the Cypriot capital Nicosia Thursday, May 30, 2024. The service was held for 15 recently identified Greek soldiers who were killed in Cyprus fighting against invading Turkish troops nearly half a century ago.
Christodoulides said it was the least the state can do to honor and pay respect to the memory of those who died. Turkey invaded in July 1974, a week after supporters of union with Greece mounted a coup backed by the Greek junta then ruling the country. Of the 2,002 people who disappeared in 1974 and the preceding decade amid ethnic violence, the remains of 1,033 have been identified and returned to their families since U.N.-led search efforts began in earnest in 2006.
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